On Classical and Quantum Objectivity
Catren, Gabriel (2008) On Classical and Quantum Objectivity.
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Abstract
We propose a conceptual framework for understanding the relationship between observables and operators in mechanics. To do so, we introduce a postulate that establishes a correspondence between the objective properties permitting to identify physical states and the symmetry transformations that modify their gauge dependant properties. We show that the uncertainty principle results from a faithful -or equivariant- realization of this correspondence. It is a consequence of the proposed postulate that the quantum notion of objective physical states is not incomplete, but rather that the classical notion is overdetermined.
| Keywords: | Quantum mechanics, Symplectic mechanics |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences: Physics: Quantum Mechanics |
| ID Code: | 4298 |
| Deposited By: | Catren, Gabriel |
| Deposited On: | 04 November 2008 |
| Additional Information: | Published in Found Phys (2008) 38: 470–487. |
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